Dönitz was born on 16 September 1891 in Grünau, near Berlin, to Anna Beyer and Emil Dönitz, an engineer. Karl had an older brother. In 1910, Dönitz enlisted...

known as the Flensburg Cabinet (Flensburger Kabinett), the Dönitz Government (Regierung Dönitz), or the Schwerin von Krosigk Cabinet (Kabinett Schwerin...

first half of the war; he resigned in January 1943 and was replaced by Karl Dönitz. At the Nuremberg trials he was sentenced to life imprisonment but was...

"Karl Dönitz". Encyclopedia Britannica. 24 October 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024. "Reichsregierung Dönitz: Letzter Akt der Nazi-Diktatur" [Dönitz's...

was still formally in force. To replace himself, Hitler named Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsident and Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels as Reichskanzler...

power to Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz on the last day of April 1945, Soviet troops conquered Berlin and accepted surrender of the Dönitz-led government. The...

imprisonment. Dönitz always believed that Hitler had named him as his successor due to Speer's recommendation, which had led to Dönitz being tried at...

"Leading Minister" of the short-lived Flensburg Government of President Karl Dönitz. Schwerin von Krosigk also held the essentially nominal offices of Foreign...

"interracial" couples. Stuckart served briefly as Interior Minister in Karl Dönitz's Flensburg Government in May 1945. When that government was dissolved...

Göring to be traitors, and set out his plan for a new government under Karl Dönitz. Hitler's secretary Traudl Junge recalled that he was reading from notes...

court and then sent to Kiel. He was released from arrest by order of Karl Dönitz on 2 May. He was placed under arrest by the British on 23 May. Brandt's...

factor to the entry of the US in the First World War. In World War II, Karl Dönitz, supreme commander of the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm (Befehlshaber der...

Wolff's capitulation of Italy to the Allies upset the plans of Admiral Karl Dönitz (German President from 30 April 1945) who envisaged a staged series of...

Reichskanzler (retroactively approved by a referendum). In April–May 1945, Karl Dönitz briefly became President upon the suicide of Hitler (in accordance with...

Kriegsmarine were quickly issued the Laconia Order by Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz, which specifically forbade any such attempt and ushered in unrestricted...

Adolf Hitler on 30 April 1945, when the Allies decided not to recognise Karl Dönitz as the Reich President and to grant no legitimacy to the Flensburg Government...

Untersee-Boot Ausbildungsabteilung). On April 22, 1945 Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz moved the headquarters of the Naval High Command (Oberkommando der Marine)...

Hitler's death, Speer offered his services to Hitler's successor, Karl Dönitz. On 2 May, Dönitz asked Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk to form a new government...

Hitler's cabinet was succeeded by the short-lived Goebbels cabinet, with Karl Dönitz appointed by Hitler as the new Reichspräsident. In brokering the appointment...

stand. However, after Adolf Hitler's suicide, his successor, Großadmiral Karl Dönitz, dismissed Terboven from his post as Reichskommissar on 7 May 1945. On...

under the Flensburg Government led by the head of state, Grand-Admiral Karl Dönitz, also accepted the Allied suggestion to sign a new document. The document...

Dönitz (also spelled Doenitz) is a German-language surname. Notable people with the name Dönitz include: Friedrich Karl Wilhelm Dönitz (1838–1912), German...

judgement". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2009-12-16. "Dönitz judgement". Archived from the original on 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2009-12-16...

abolished with the end of the war. It was revived on 17 October 1939, when Karl Dönitz was promoted to rear admiral (Konteradmiral). His previous title had...

Karl August Hanke (24 August 1903 – 8 June 1945) was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) during its rule over Germany who served as the fifth and final...

von Ribbentrop, Heinrich Himmler, Albert Speer, Hermann Göring, and Karl Dönitz made use of special aircraft. Furthermore, Adolf Hitler had a single...

ObLt Karl Dönitz, was taken prisoner. During the interwar years the German Navy was forbidden to have U-boats but began to re-arm in 1935. Under Karl Dönitz...

SS-Obergruppenführer. President Karl Dönitz named him a State Secretary as staff chief of the civilian cabinet in May 1945. Karl Weinrich – He was Gauleiter...

Admiral Karl Dönitz". The National WWII Museum | New Orleans. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024. "BBC - History - Admiral Karl Dönitz". BBC. Retrieved...

incident Laconia Order List by death toll of ships sunk by submarines Karl Dönitz 9 January 1917 German Crown Council meeting Mallison, Sally V.; Mallison...